New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1915, Page 1

bernans Attacking Deiensés il teen Miles Northwest of Polish Gapital RUSSIANS REPULSE SEVERAL ATTACKS 4l'fll't.y Sailing Vessels Laden With Coal | I'or Germany Destroyed in Black Sn—asnflfle- m Efllflng on Aus- | tro-Italian Line Heayy—American | . Bteamer Held Up by Dutch Warship /in Java Sea. The ' British army and the British Havy Tave 'lost, from the beginning | of the war to July 20, nearly.’ one year, a total 0f 330,995 men in killed, and missing. . Of these 8,106 ‘'were in the navy und the nhers in army. ~The_total of officers fimsa ity is being conducted with | - and the = Russian resistunce Z %mugm furious ' fighting urong e Nevertheless the latest repofls ins t the Gen?m moyement to dhat he. ‘Polish mpnu is | pro- M mulseil. 3 ’maw official ' report ' admits Germans -are ‘attacking the defenses of Nm;!evu.. 3 Warsa’ ~but the flna time relates several k ces il the Germans ‘have unsyccessfu 4 Aflfl ‘house befors the arrival of the pris- 2 [/ Ne! M in' Wi 5 ~ There have been l':m fio\a‘meflh m( on the fi&fl’m@ ‘official report: £ today re- cords a. few minor engagements, bu: shows no. changes of importance i German Attacks Driven Back. i Petrograd, July 26, via London July | 27 8:08 a. m.~-German ntwok-—louth- east of Pultuisk have been / driven | “back, but they are battering ‘at the advanced defenses ~of Novogergievsk --according to an official statement is- | .stted tonight at the headquarters of} the general nmfl_ ‘Assaults against | £ mflfiuflom of Ivan- | ' Russians claim, while al. attle stfll is in progress on -entire front between the 1 Bug rivers. a,t't'ot the communication fol-.| direction of Tukum between Tu- 1y’s sive ‘whi n !n mr was ulsed with dlg,“ltume of ships | (evi- Q%y in the gulf of Riga.) ,» orth ‘of the en the . enemy lmbnhed the Pomewiaz-Keydany nm. the road to Keéwvno' from “hwen there has been some" fighting. f 1 Teutons Thrown Back. “On the Narew front the enemy continues “unsuccessfully ' t6 attack , our positions on the Pisea river uqm— ' the village of Sinvatki. South ot | © Rozan, after a stoybborn -enscounter with the Germans/ who had crossed ! the Narew, we threw them back in | /thiq region near the mouth of the Orz as far as the village of that name. “Southwest of Pultusk (north ‘Warsaw.,) the enemy’s attacks wete | repulsed. 'Small engagements were begun with the advanced defenses of Novogergievsk, 7 "Ruseians Repulse Attacks, to- | of “On the left bank of the Vistula | 2d- | grances and only a fow were at the en- enemy attacks on Ivangorod's vanced works were repulsed with suc- ss. Between the Vistula and Vie- /$Hé ‘artillery’ duel continues 1 “Between ‘the Vieprz l,» d ‘the Bug'| attle continues wit | great, in- - 25th the enemy attacked along this whole front with the céfli{fl of the immediate vlcinlry of ieprz. ex- | NEW BRITAIN, 'CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1915 —TWELVE PAGES, BATTLE ALONG ISONZO MIGHTIEST OF WAR Great Struggle Between Italians 'and .Alsu‘t.rla;ns Has Lasted a Week ‘Without Any Decision. Berlin,. Via London, Jul}l' 27, 2:30 p.. m-—The battles between the Itai- | jans and the Austrians along the Ison- %0 'river as described by the corres- bondent in the Tyrol of the Lokal Angéiter as the mightle!t and m\“g fightful of the world war.’ The .great struggle has ln.ated a week, the correspondent says, without any- decision having been reported The principal onslaught has been di- rected against the Doberdo plateau where the artillery fire exceeds in in- tensity that of the battle at Tarnow and Garlic. The correspondent adds: The conflict directed from captive balloons, any interruption and after only a few hours pause, was resumed. The Austrian army which is composed of soldiers of nearly all the nationalities in the dual monarchy, endure the ter- rible fire bravely and when the Ital- ians gain a position they are soon thrown out of it. "“Italian avidtors are seeking to des- troy the railways at the rear of the Austrian lines, eandcll.lly around Na- bresina, but thus far they hu.vs done othing.” 3 " AUTO CATCHES /, FIRE, Engine company No. 1 was called out at 7:33 o’'clock this morning to extinguish a fire in the automobile of the Pan Dandy Bread company. { The car was standing in front . of thé Herald office on Church street when it caught firre from the engins backfiring. 'HUERTA PROTESTS T0 CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE. Cimrges His Home Has Been | Violated By Agents of Amgrican' Justice. Bl Pasgo, Tex., July 27.—The causes | 5f the complaint by Victoriano Huerta trial here on a charge of to, violate American neu- trality telegraphed to Chief Justice Whlu of the UHM States Supremx. agents: of ‘scruple.’” i bad been taken | Iy, that he madc | 5 of the: Depart- | fford Beckham P. Stone, went' through = the: onér, to ascertain if there were any other men their than members of il; d remained. of mvzd ‘his wife and chil- dren at B‘art Bliss upon their arrival “from New York, but this ‘was to see them in their new home. Tho deputy United States marshal who has Huerta in charge at the fort, ac- coded to his'request to be'permitted | to make the call, but asked the De- partment of Justice agents to be r#es- ent, P Mrs. Huerta made no ob)ecflon to an examination of the house by the department agents, who searched it before Huerta had left Fort Bliss. However, Mrs, Huerta complained to heér husband. and he protested ear- | nestly to Beckham and Stone, claini- ing that the children had been unduly ‘frightened. ‘“‘Shoot me if youn like, 1 am prisoner and you may do what { like with me,” he said ‘but do molest my: wife and children.” The agents ~asked Huerta to a | you ke | more specific s to which child had been frightened and how: Huerta added: Really it|is not thut so much. They were frightened but the entire incident has been humiliat- ing ‘to me.” | EXPLOSION TRAPS NINETEEN MINERS | Belleved ANl Perished in Accident at " Christopher, TIL—500 Men Employed in Mine. 5 Christopher, IIL,, July 27.—Nineteen miners were trapped in one of the en- trances of Moderwell mine 0. 2 here today by an explosion of gas. It is believed all have perished. Six miners, badly burned, made their way to safety. The accident oc- curred 400 feet below the surface. Five hundred men are employed in the mine but these use several en- trance near which the explosfon oc- curred. Four hundred and fifty men were in the mine at Christopher, 111, when the exploston, occurred, esedped.” Seven men were taken ot dead and cight were removed badl burned. lasted three days without ! ‘irst opportunity he had had | not | but most of them | |GOURSE UNDECIDED IN LEELANAN GASE U. §. Officials Await Details of Sinking of American Ship Opinion Prevails That Craft' Was Im- \ many Again Violated Prussian- American Treaty of 1828, sinking of the American steamship { Leelanaw by a German submarine was | today awaited by officials of the United States government, pending which they were reserved in their com- | ments. the Leelanaw was not expected from the American consul at Scotland until he completed his investigation. The inquiry was to begin there today with informal discussion here. Course Not Decided. The course to'be pursued by the American - government will _not be ! definitely determined until all the facts in the case have been received. i Officials here are of the opinion that | the Leelanaw should have been im- mune from attack and that Germany in reality had again vidlated the Prus- sian-American treaty of 1828. LT Wilson Not ‘Informed. Cornish, N. | Wilson gave up his usual’ morning official business: re¢eived: from’ Wash- ington soon after breakfast. ' The president sent |for his stenographer at | 10 o'clock and shut himself in his | study, leaving orders that he was not to be. disturbed until lunch time. had not received from the state de- the latest British - note on the order- | in-council. on both subjects to arrive later. | Leelanaw was given ample warning before the steamer was sunk was re- ceived with satisfaction at the sum- mer White House. LEAVE MAGHINISTS TO CARRY ON STRIKE Structural Iron Workers and Mill wrights at Bridgeport Return to ‘Work—One Arrest Made Today. Bridgeport, Conn., July 27.—The change In the laber troubles situation in Bridgeport this afternoon as com- pared with that existing last week when machinists, millwrights and structural iron workers employed by | | the Remington Arms and Ammunition Co., caused a considerable number to | go on strike, was that those strikers | employed in the construction trades :a.re n'lt work. Yesterday the.struc- | tural fron workers employed on new | buildings for the Remington company | again struck out of sympathy for the | machinists who were not taken back. | This deprived some 300 bricklayers ol work as they had caught up with the iron workers. Today many of i this kept the brick layers on thei: Jobs. The millwrights: also returned leas ing only the machinists to carry on a strike against the sub-contractors, of which 'Coulter and McKensie em- play the largest mumber. ~As J. J. | Keppler, of the machinists’ organtza- were unable to forecast what the next step would be. Keppler is expected back tomorrow. Philp Nigka. giving his address as 590 Hallett sireet, was arrested on the street at the Remington Arms ani Ammunition = Co., this ' noon on fused to move, ‘the pélice assert, when they found him speéaking in a foreign tongue to several men on a street corner. Nirka had been pointed to | the police by the Remington guards, { who sald he had been passing what appeared to be notes to passersby. ‘When searched at the second precinct police station he was found to have numerous Remington employment ! cards, all blank. Nirka was locked up. L. D. PENFIELD RESIGNS. New Britain Man Leaves Soldiers’ Hos- pital Board Because of Il Health. Governor Holecomb today received D. Penfield as a member of the Sol- diers’ hospital board and has accept- ed it succesgor on recommendation of the RESERVE THEIR COMMENTS mune from Attack and That Ger- | | Washington, July 27.—Details of the | A full account of the destruction of | the arrival of the vessel’s crew. The | episode is the subject of considerable | .BAYIINNE STRII(ERS H., July 27.—President | game of golf today and was at work ‘on | Up to noon today President Wilson | | partment any official word of the sink- | ing of the American steamer Leelanaw | by a German submarine or a copy, of He expected information | Unofficial news that the crew of the | ¢ the oil works was dispersed by { nothing | the | firon workers returned to work an/ tion is dn' New York, those strikers | the fechnical charge "of loftering. He re- ! | Nogill, | the North sea by a German the resignation of ex-City Clerk Loren |} + * Governor Holcomb will appoint his | BRITISH HAVE LOST HEAVILY IN WAR The following table shows the number of the British officers and men killed, wounded ar missing since the war began: Killed Officers Men 48,372 Dardanelles, cluding division Other theatre of operations ex- cluding Ger- man Southwest Africa 7,576 Total .. e 57,384 Wounded Wounded Officers Men 6,803 156,309 1,379 28,635 248 3,247 8,340 France . L Dardunelles Other theatres. Total 188,190 Missing Officers 1,163 198 22 1,383 Missing Men 50,969 10,892 641 France ......se: Dardanellés . Other theatres... Total RETURN T0 WORK 1,500 Bagk on Jobs at Stan- dard and Tide Water Oil ; Plants. 27.—About 1,300 | strike Néw York, July men who' had been on i several -days, returned to work today in the plants of the Standard Ol com- pany.and the Tide Water Oil co‘m- peny in Bayenne,-N. J. Mayor Garvan and Sherift Kinkead' declared that :the strike wag: broken,” that by tomorrow’all of the strikers would be back at work and that the | grards who have been prutecting the: plants could be removed. ' Thé sheriff; said that he was positive that an in- ease in pay would Lo sranted to the | employes before the end of the week. About five thousand men Have béen idle since the strike began in the plant | of the Standard Oil comipany. As a result of this strike and of “disorders | i1 which several of the strikers and their sympathizers were shot and killed employes of the Tide Water Oil company quit work. Sheriff Kinkead had 650 uniformed | policemen and guards stationed about the Standard Oil Plant when the men went to work today. A crowd of sev- eral hundred men who gathered near sheriff. - Two arrests were made but ! there was no disorder. The strike was begun to enforé’a | | The purpose it i to drive out Guii- i laume and set up in his stead Dr. Ros- | demand for a fifteen per cent, increase in wages. The tie-up of the Eagle Oil com- pan’s plant at Caven Point, Jersey City, which began yesterday whe the coopers struck, was made .complete today, virtually gl of the other em- ployes going out! There were several clashes between police and crowds that gathered in the 'vicinity, but serious developed. strikers were errested charged with minor offenses. BECKER RECEIVES RESPITE CALMLY ! Supreme Court Justice Ford, Awaits Filings of Briefs Regarding New . Trial, New York, ‘filing of briefs by counsel for Charics Becker and by representatives of the district attorney in Becker’s ap- plication for a third trial on the ground of newly discovered evidenoe. . In order to obtain time for the consideration of the documents, Jus- tice Ford has requested and the war- den of Sing Sing prison had granted a two day postponement of Becker's execution, from Wednesday until Fri- day. Becker, at Sing Sing, received no- tice of his two days respite calmly. DANISH STEAMER SUNK. Nogill Sent To Bottom of North Sea By German Submarine. Copenhagen, July 27, Via London 3:06 p. m.—The Danish steamship bound from Gothnburg, Swe den for the river Tyne and laden with railway tles, has been sunk in sub- marine, The crew of the steamer was landed at Wilhelmshaven, near Breth- ! en, The name Nogiil does not appear in available maritime records. | Staff Making Courageous Defense— | | | The revolutionary movement against | identia} for | REVOLUTION RAGES IN HAITIEN CAPITAL Rebel Troops Attack Palace of | President Guillaume BUILDING IS SET ON FIRE Executive With Few Loyal Troops and Supported By His Personal Chief of Police Killed. Haiti, Port Au Prince, July 27.— the government of President Guil- launte brokq out /jn this city at day break: today/ Rebelliqud/troops attacked the Pres- Palace 'at Four o'clock and continued firing upon it for two hours. There were a few casualties. i Palaco In Flames. President Guillaume is in the pal- ace, resisting the attack of the rebeis. The building itself is in flames. . The president.has with him a few ?Qn itroops and supported by his per- onal‘staff, is making a courageous defense. Chief Of Police "Killed. } “Included in the’ victims of this attack on the Presidential residence i 18 the ‘Chief of Police of Port Au i Prince. |" The movement was started by a | | regiment of soldfers, who had been | disbanded by President Guillaume and. who resented ‘this treatment. 4 Rebels Hold Town. | The ‘town is virtually in ‘the pos- seésgioh ‘of the révolutionists, and = at ; the nme of the tiling of this despatch (9: ’0 4. m;) rifle firing was. still go- | ingion. 'The members of the family of President. Guillaume. have taken yul’ue in thé French legation. Theére has been ‘turmoil’in Port' Au | | Prince‘for the past ten days. On | {\July 17 President’ Guillaume doubt- lesily realizing that 'his fall’ was but /'a question. of a few days, started on | | a series of arrests. ! | .. 'Arrestcd Wealthy Haitiens, |- He began by causing the’ arrest of | | all. Haitiens of wealth _or position | without distinetion. of age or sex, and | the ; Going on for Scveral Months. Three | | two weeks ago landed marines July = 27.—Supreme | -Court Justice ¥ord awaited today theo expelling all foreigners. He'. ap- | parently recognized the fact that the { spirit. of revolution ‘was growing in ! the country and he knew that the ,rebela were marching on ,capital ! Haitién 'women have been arrested on the streets and taken away to Official Report vn Saturday’s Aecident on the accident which took place on North street near Clark street last Saturday in which Motoreycle Officer POLICE MOTORCYCLE | KNOCKS DOWN GIRL 1s Mndg—oII' jcer Wagner Seems Blameless. An official report was made today Fred Wagner knocked down Marga- rett McDermotl, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Bernard McDermott, of 33 Lee street. . According to thes slatements of witnesses, the officer | Was not to blame for the accident as the little girl ran out from behind the Cremo Brewing company’'s truck directly in the policeman's pa Officer Wagner was: coasting down the North street hill at about twelve miles an hour, when the girl suddenly dashed from hehind the auto truck, H He did not have time to sound his horn, but he shouted and in order (o prevent the child from dashing against ‘the pedal of his motorcyele, he threw out his foot, pushing her to one side. As he passed, the raeck on the rear of the machine just scraped the girl’s back, Stopping as soon as he could, the officer returned and followed the lit- tle girl to her home where he called Dr. J. E. Martin to attend her. The child’s hip, back and arm was somewhat bruised. She is entirely recovered today. of testimony by the first open capsizing of the ste Officer Wagner made ‘his report of | starfed today. At 4H the accident to Chief Rawlings and NSt i he has prepared a report for the saf- - P ty board. Several witnesses have al- | the state so testified to the conditions surround- | authorities and ing - the 'accident, exonerating of- ficer Wagner frrom any blame. ANOTHER NOTE ON ORDERS-IN-COUNGIL Britain Asks U. S S. to Wifl! hold Commumcahcn De- livered Yesterday. the Department of. ¢ up wm y (hmm tde;kmm mnuu Washington, July 27.—8ir Edward Grey cables ‘Secretery. Lansing toddy that the British governmient has in | ued to be ) preparation unother nflé 1o the United States on the an'hn-t.—ofllml ¢ and asked that the note dell terday be witlih penaing receipt of cation. Theref, prison. .~ On July 17,.a Frefch ac- . Madame Taldy, was treated in | arbitrary manner. The prisons | of the city are full and the conditions L deplorable Deaths are of. daily occurrences as the result of hunger | and of the unsanitary conditions in the jail. The present revolution in-Haiti has been going on for sevéral months, alvo Boobo. At the present time the fighting has been largely on the north coast of the island, but the outbreak of today brings it into the capital on the southern side. Rear Admiral Caperton, U.'S. has been in command of the Am(‘ ican cruiser Washington in Haiten waters since early in July. The French also hes had a cruiser on the Haliten voast: Admiral Caperton about. | #t | to | i ! [ Cape Haiten on the north coast, protect foreign interests. Revolt Declared Last March. The Bobo ravolt was declared - a few days after General Guillauma wag proclaimed relldem of Hati last March. Dr. Bobo raised a force of men anu i captured Cape' Haitén. The Guillaume forces ré-took Cap Haiten and then Bobe captured it a second time. /GERMAN PAPER PROTESTS. ¥ —— 5 ” Charges British Ambas- sador With Violating Neutrality. Washington, - July 27.—Secretary | Langing today recelved a complaint from The Fatherland, a German paper published in New York that Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the' British ambassador, had been a party to violations of the neutrality laws in recruiting for the British army and in returning Monte- { negrins for service. The complaint follows the action of the ambassador, in suggesting to the state department that the paper in question in fore- casting destruction of the Lusitania | “had . gullty foreknowledge of a crime,” Both communications have been flled and neither will be the lubjactl of action. SET AFIRE BY SUBMARINE. Norwegian Schooner Harboe Attacked hy German Submarine Amsterdam, via London, July = 27, 10:7% a, m.—The Norweglan schooner Harboe was nfiacked and set on firs Sunday Ly = German submarine. Tho crew, -which h landed. here wis given flve minutes to get into th forthcoming note was given Edward’s cable and state department cficials have no intimation. assume, however, that 1t 1s of a plemental nature. The denlm will further delay dispateh American note to Grear sritain on the same subject. about finighed it and it was'to be sent to President Wilson at Cornish, for his approval. patched until the new British no\u“ heen received and considered. | Britain police department, and family left today for a wacation to be spent at Rockaway Beach, L, I, | captain’s asence, Sergeant T. M. Her- i ting will be in charge of the station i nights and Sergeant l!nmfnrlh will be the day desk mén, be published had been planned. Secretary Lansing Mpfln AI, b i from London stated that the . ; note woiild bé bere in 0 Tn offiuial querters the devol was regarded us highly The beltef prevailed that the | American hote to Germany, with Iu | references to the treedom of the seds, may have informed Great Britain | to place heérself on record as to take consideration ahy new sU pres. tions by the United fllt- to the belligerents. A Sir Edward Grey's nqim thot | the note received yesterday be with- held was takén to mean ' ail events, that a new situstion had arisen, or that some new proposals were about | to be made by Great Britain to al eviate the effects of the order council. In view of tne devolopmenl. Becre- tary-Lansing declined to discuss the | British note, but took occasion (o- day to dcny reports that cotton was about to be pliced on he contraband list by Great Britain. Mr. Lansing declared there has been no discussion whatever between the State Depart- ment and the British embassy here or the British foreign office in Lon- don relative to a change in the non- contraband status of cotton. No ‘indication of the nazure of the in Sir in i £t ‘They i it £ of the ;3 s Secretary Lansing had - Sa 3 N, H.,, It will not be dis- CARRANZA QUITS NACO, Washington, July 27.—Carranza | troops have' evacuated Naco and left | - a civil administration. relleves a threatening situation which Major General Funston orders to shell the Mexican factions away from the border If their fight- ing endangered American territory. Their action in had CAPTAIN GRACE AWAY, Captaln Thomas Grace of the New morning. that from ‘were probably m sons on the Hurtle. “1 have ol tickets, in Tom | the gaAnEWAY. AWARDED CROSS. | During tho .~ Smccesstal Counter Au.nck. { ITALIAN GFNE}{AIA KILLED, “Nn}'m ‘of Grubechow the enemy | Udine, Italy, July 26, Via Paris, July delivered an energetic attack - with | 27, 2 P. M.—General Antofne Cantone strong forces, but our troops re- , has been killed in battlé on the Isonzo. i smost atl )t’ho‘ ults and ‘suc- | He is the first officer of his rank lost 5 } count: icked. There | by Italy. He won a general's commis- 4 il | sion by the heroism he displayed dur- 14 L3 Ele-ven.th Pz operations in Tripolf, W&gz?nn ol 8 :n.) ..k ing . op boats. The captain says he saw throeo | other boats on fire near the spot where the Herboe was attacked. Londod, July 27, 12:47 p. m.—PFrof. | | Rlehard Norton, founder of the American Volunteer Ambulance corps, | which ts the chief Red Cross unit in the second French army, Bas awarded the military cross | French government. L | department commander of the. State G. A. R. Since glving up his work as | city clerk, which action he took owing to ill health, Mr. Penfield has gradual- 1y curtailed his public activities and it is belleved that the same reason gov- erns his action in relation to the Sol- i diers’ Hospital board. WEATHER, Hartford, July 27.—Fair tonight. Wednesday increas- ing cloudiness; moederate temn- perature, | o The Harboe bark built in 1878 at B., cas owred by bye of Christiana. was a thee mastea Port Elgin, N H. J, Stange . one ticket. o She -~ (Continued on